Mark 14:4

But there were some who said indignantly among themselves, "Why has the ointment been thus wasted?

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

In Context

3Now when He was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper, while He was at table, there came a woman with a jar of pure, sweet-scented ointment very costly: she broke the jar and poured the ointment over His head.

5For that ointment might have been sold for fifteen pounds or more, and the money have been given to the poor." And they were exceedingly angry with her.

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Cross References

John 12:4Then said Judas (the Iscariot, one of the Twelve--the one who afterwards betrayed Jesus),

Matthew Henry on Mark 14:2-12

Christ Anointed at Bethany; Judas Engages to Betray Christ. 1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. 2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. 3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.… Read the whole commentary →

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